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| Cingula trifasciata | |
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| Cingula trifasciata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Cingula |
| Species: | C. trifasciata |
| Binomial name | |
| Cingula trifasciata (J. Adams, 1800) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Cingula trifasciata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of an adult C. trifasciata shell varies between 3 mm and 5 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species lives in the Atlantic Ocean from Norway to the Azores; in the Mediterranean Sea. The species C. trifasciata is however abscent from the contidental shores of the North Sea.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Gofas, S. (2012). Cingula trifasciata (J. Adams, 1800). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141268 on 2012-08-14
- Ponder W. F. (1985). A review of the Genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum supplement 4: 1-221
- Little, C.; Morritt, D.; Seaward, D.R.; Williams, G.A. (1989). Distribution of intertidal molluscs in lagoonal shingle (The Fleet, Dorset, U.K.). J. Conch., Lond. 33: 225-232
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
External links
[edit]- "Cingula trifasciata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 June 2011.